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By Politics Daily Staff - Politics DailyThis is kind of a "Tale of Two Georgia Farmers," although, admittedly, the one on the left hasn't been in the business for years. When we saw the photo of Roger Spooner, the Iron City, Ga., man who came to the defense of Shirley Sherrod and credited her with helping him to save his farm, we noticed an eerie resemblance to another Georgian who was born and raised on a farm about 75 miles away in the dusty little town of Plains. That would be Jimmy Carter, who built a successful peanut business before becoming governor and then president. Left: Jimmy Carter (Roberto Schmidt, AFP/Getty ...
Shirley Sherrod Wasn't a Coward -- and She Paid the Price
By Mary C. Curtis - Politics DailyAttorney General Eric Holder said it plainly at a Department of Justice event celebrating Black History Month last year: "Though this nation has proudly thought of itself as an ethnic melting pot, in things racial, we have always been and we, I believe, continue to be in too many ways essentially a nation of cowards." He said that Americans -- and he was talking about all Americans -- are afraid to talk about race, adding that "certain subjects are off-limits and that to explore them risks at best embarrassment and at worst the questioning of one's character." At the time, Holder's words ...
Shirley Sherrod, Ousted USDA Official, Defended by Farmer She Helped, Others
By Christopher Weber - Politics DailyA Georgia farmer is defending against charges of racism an ousted Agriculture Department employee who helped him file for bankruptcy. The NAACP and a conservative blogger have also come to her defense. Roger Spooner told CNN he credits Shirley Sherrod, who resigned Monday as the USDA's director of rural development for Georgia, with helping his family save their farm. Spooner, who is white, said he can't understand accusations that Sherrod is racist. "I don't know what brought up the racist mess," Roger Spooner told CNN. "They just want to stir up some trouble, it sounds to me in my ...
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